SKELETON
Skeletons are the animated bones of the dead, mindless automatons that obey the orders of their evil masters.
A skeleton is seldom garbed in anything more than the rotting remnants of any clothing or armor it was wearing when slain. A skeleton does only what it is ordered to do. It can draw no conclusions of its own and takes no initiative. Because of this limitation, its instructions must always be simple. A skeleton attacks until destroyed.
CREATING A SKELETON
“Skeleton” is an acquired template that can be added to any corporeal creature (other than an undead) that has a skeletal system (referred to hereafter as the base creature).
Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to undead. It retains any subtype except for alignment subtypes (such as good) and subtypes that indicate kind. It does not gain the augmented subtype. It uses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here. Hit Dice: Drop any Hit Dice gained from class levels (to a minimum of 1) and raise remaining Hit Dice to d12s. If the creature has more than 20 Hit Dice, it can’t be made into a skeleton by the animate dead spell. Speed: Winged skeletons can’t use their wings to fly. If the base creature flew magically, so can the skeleton. Armor Class: Natural armor bonus changes to a number based on the skeleton’s size:
Tiny or smaller |
+0 |
Small |
+1 |
Medium or Large |
+2 |
Huge |
+3 |
Gargantuan |
+6 |
Colossal |
+10 |
Diminutive or Fine |
1 |
Tiny |
1d2 |
Small |
1d3 |
Medium |
1d4 |
Large |
1d6 |
Huge |
1d8 |
Gargantuan |
2d6 |
Colossal |
2d8 |
Hit Dice | Challenge Rating |
---|---|
1/2 |
1/6 |
1 |
1/3 |
2–3 |
1 |
4–5 |
2 |
6–7 |
3 |
8–9 |
4 |
10–11 |
5 |
12–14 |
6 |
15–17 |
7 |
18–20 |
8 |
LIST OF SKELETONS
- Skeleton, Human Warrior (Creature)
- Skeleton, Wolf (Creature)
- Skeleton, Owlbear (Creature)
- Skeleton, Troll (Creature)
- Skeleton, Chimera (Creature)
- Skeleton, Ettin (Creature)
- Skeleton, Advanced Megaraptor (Creature)
- Skeleton, Cloud Giant (Creature)
- Skeleton, Young Adult Red Dragon (Creature)
- System Reference Document -> List of Creatures (SRD)
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